1200 BCE

Early Iron Age period and the Ark's earliest historical association with the northern sanctuary of Shiloh.

Early Iron Age transition and origins of early Northwest Semitic tribal Yahwism.

Late Bronze Age Collapse; composition of the Canaanite mythological tablets discovered at ancient Ugarit.

Late Bronze Age collapse; destruction of Ugarit; indigenous emergence of early Israelite culture in Canaan.

Late Bronze Age Collapse; widespread destruction of Mediterranean empires and migration of the Sea Peoples.

The transitional period marking the beginning of the Iron Age in the Levant.

Traditional bronze-to-iron age timeframe of the Israelite Exodus narratives under Pharaoh.

Early Iron Age period and the Ark's earliest historical association with the northern sanctuary of Shiloh.

Early Iron Age transition and origins of early Northwest Semitic tribal Yahwism.

Late Bronze Age Collapse; composition of the Canaanite mythological tablets discovered at ancient Ugarit.

Late Bronze Age collapse; destruction of Ugarit; indigenous emergence of early Israelite culture in Canaan.

Late Bronze Age Collapse; widespread destruction of Mediterranean empires and migration of the Sea Peoples.

The transitional period marking the beginning of the Iron Age in the Levant.

Traditional bronze-to-iron age timeframe of the Israelite Exodus narratives under Pharaoh.